The Fort Payne Formation, or Fort Payne Chert, is a geologic formation found in the southeastern region of the United States.[1] It is a Mississippian Period cherty limestone, that overlies the Chattanooga Shale (or locally the Maury Formation), and underlies the St. Louis Limestone (lower Tuscumbia Limestone in Alabama). To the north, it grades into the siltstone Borden Formation.[1] It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.[2]
| Fort Payne Chert | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Viséan | |
_2_(30748692874).jpg) Chertified fossiliferous limestone from the Fort Payne Formation (Kentucky) | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Tuscumbia Limestone and Ullin Formation |
| Overlies | Maccrady Formation and Springville Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | limestone |
| Location | |
| Region | Appalachia and Southeastern United States |
| Country | United States |
| Extent | Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, and Virginia |
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Eugene Allen Smith named the Fort Payne Formation for outcrops at Fort Payne, Alabama.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b USGS.gov: Fort Payne Formation
- ^ Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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